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Some Sample Discussion Plans on Rights
1) what are some rights that humans have? 2) how does it help us to have rights? 3) if you have a right, what does that mean for other people? 4) are there rights that you have that require nothing of other people? 5) are there different kinds of rights? 6) what is a right?
What differences might there be between these rights? A right to not be killed A right to park on the public street A right to park in the car park you paid for A right to be happy A right to education A right to say what you think A right to the $5 you borrowed off me
1) does everybody have the same rights? 2) could somebody have no rights? 3) if you live in a country which does not protect free speech, do you still have a right to free speech? 4) if a small group of people are stranded on an uninhabited distant planet, do they have rights? 5) do they need rights? 6) in what situations might they not need them? 7) if they haven’t got rights, could they get them? how?
1) can all kinds of creatures have rights, or just humans? 2) can animals? 3) can trees? 4) can mountains have rights? 5) what makes you the kind of thing that can have rights? 6) do all humans have those qualities? 7) if they don’t, can they still have rights?
1) what would the world be like if there were no rights? 2) what would the world be like if people cared only about rights? 3) do you have a right not to be lied to by a) strangers, when you ask them for directions? b) your friends? c) your teachers? 4) if you gave different answers to a, b and c, what is the difference? 5) do the starving children in the Third World have a right to your help? 6) does the drowning child in front of you have a right to your help? 7) if you have different answers to the last two questions, what is the difference between the two situations?
Vanya Kovach
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